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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
36
At Westminster College in New Wilmington Pennsylvania on June 8 letters and sweaters were awarded across sports. Recipients included Joe McFate and John Crowe among others for tennis and multiple team members for football basketball track and cheerleading.
The First M. FE. church team meets the First Baptist church squad in the third game of the season Monday at 6:90 p.m. on the B. & O. grounds.
Mahoningtown 7 over P-O Electrics 2. Coaltown 10 over Energy 7. Ellwood City 17 over Union 10. Wampum 22 over Bessemer 1.
Altoona Pa fans expect record turnout for the 250 mile Flag Day speedway with Peter De Paolo, winner of Indianapolis, planning to ship his Dusenberg to Europe for the Grand Prix. If he skips Laurel speedway on July 11 to race in Europe, he forfeits the chance to be crowned American speed champion under A A A rules. De Paolo is currently favored to win next Saturday's race here.
The High Street Stars lost 9 to 5 to the South Hill Sluggers Friday at Stritmater field. Star pitcher Lucas threw a three hit effort but errors allowed several runs. Kerns and Bigley pitched for the Sluggers, with Lucas homering for the Stars.
Grove City and Hartman deliver a strong finale as Hartman hits a homer in the fourth and fans ten, guiding Grove City to an 8 to 7 victory over Duquesne at Grove City. Hartman, a former New Castle luminary, closes his collegiate baseball career with a standout performance.
Westminster varsity track team closed its 1925 season with a decisive 194 to 22 win over Thiel College at New Wilmington. Homer Beggs led with 17 points and multiple events, Wesley Rose set a Westminster mile record in 4:38.4, and George Maxwell clocked 10:16.6 in the two mile. Captain Homer Beggs was unanimously elected for 1926.
National League results show New York defeated St Louis 6 to 2 and Brooklyn beat Chicago 10 to 9. Cincinnati edged Boston 2 to 1. Today Boston meets Pittsburgh, Brooklyn visits St Louis, Philadelphia travels to Cincinnati, and New York faces Chicago.
In American League action, St. Louis beat New York 5 to 2 while Chicago defeated Washington 4 to 2.
A slate of major matchups features Chicago visiting Washington and Detroit traveling to Philadelphia while St. Louis heads to New York and Cleveland visits Boston.
The Kansas City team defeated Minneapolis with a 16 to 3 score while St Paul trounced Milwaukee 18 to 23 and Louisville beat Toledo 12 to 4 in a compact standings night.
The card shows matchups including Indianapolis at Kansas City Louisville at Milwaukee Toledo at Minneapolis Columbus at St Paul. Each line presents a distinct city pairing reflecting the season's forthcoming fixtures.
Oh What A Pair by Feg Murray highlights Zack Wheat and Jacques Fournier as a fearsome duo for the Brooklyn Superbas. The piece notes their legendary partnership against opposing pitchers, cites a May 3rd game where Wheat and Fournier sparked a 2–1 comeback win, and praises their combined ages, major league tenure, and lifetime batting average plus current season mark.
International News Service reports circulating that Gene Tunney may fight Jim Slattery after Slattery’s two round KO of Jack Burke at the milk fund show. Tunney earned a title shot by stopping Tom Gibbons in the 12th round Friday.
The Italian American Independents schedule two key games this week against Croton A.C. on Tuesday and Lawrence Independents on Wednesday. After a 6 5 win over St Margarets Society, I A S eye both twilight contests. They have lost twice this season to Garlands and Italian Star Invincibles. Players listed include Padavano Long Pagley Tofanno Turco Dopple Pascarella L Ross Mash Petrucci Marino F. Ross Nocera.
New York reports Benny Leonard plans a September comeback from retirement to challenge Mickey Walker for the welterweight title. Talks with Tex Rickard occurred about Yankee Stadium as the venue while Walker’s manager Jack Kearns says Walker would fight for $160,000. Rickard reportedly offered Leonard $200,000.
Evans and Estabrook, rivals from Youngstown and Niles, square off Monday night at Idora park in a 19 round bout. Also on card Menehan of Farrell faces Harris of Niles in a 10 round rematch, with Cohen of Cleveland meeting Howard of Pittsburgh and Miller of Youngstown opposing Moxie Miller of Cleveland.
The Philadelphia Athletics hold first place despite not playing Sunday while Washington fell to Chicago 4 to 2. Joe Bush led the St. Louis Browns past the New York Yankees 5 to 2, facing a former team mate as opponent. Babe Ruth went 0 for 5 as he recovers. The Reds edged the Braves 3 to 2 after ten double plays in sweltering heat.
Giants erase deficit with an eight inning rally to defeat St. Louis 6 to 2. Brooklyn overturns Cubs with five runs in the eighth, edging Chicago 10 to 9.
Meadville edged the Colored Stars 7 to 6 as Jamison pitched well for Meadville. The Stars led until the seventh inning when Notes misplayed a long fly and Bluesteel and Elder committed errors, allowing Meadville to win. Notes homered for the Stars.
Centennial field hosts a doubleheader as the Italian A A opens publicly with East Liverpool semi pro at the new Western Pennsylvania park. Paul De Cerbo has been signing top tri state players, with Cortazzo’s future still undecided between Cumberland and IT A A, while King Tur All Stars duel the Colored Stars at Walton field.
The Wampum Gun club held its weekly shoot at Wampum Saturday afternoon with Frank Herbert winning the singles event by 8 4 out of 190. H W Marshall led doubles with 21 of 25 and the match results list numerous shooters and scores led by Herbert 94 Brown 92 Carpenter 88 Alfonso 88 McGeorge 58 Sl Minner 80 Vanderter 63 Staph 76 Druckenmiller 73 Marshal 72 Morrow 72 Johns 72 Yoho 71 Grinnen 70 Hennon 68 Mills 62 Brady 56 Reed 37 Morgan 46 Miles 30 Hennon 26 Vance
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